and a throwback to the soviet era, vladimir putin is saying he intends to seize the assets of companies have cut ties with russia over the war in ukraine. his goal is to nationalize or businesses and take them over and operate them under new, kremlin approved, management. to that end, the speaker of russia s parliament is replacing russia, mcdonald s, with a new brand of russian restaurant. the name brand may look familiar. this is a proposed logo. they just turn the mcdonald s logo on its side. it is almost as funny as a fictional restaurant chain mcdowell s. they are make donald s. i m mcdowell s. that movie was a comedy. it was meant to be funny. but, russia s real-life attempt